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Carla Anne Robbins is an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), where she is leading a roundtable series on national security in an age of austerity. She is also clinical professor of national security studies at Baruch College's School of Public Affairs.

An award-winning journalist and foreign policy analyst, Dr. Robbins was deputy editorial page editor at the New York Times and chief diplomatic correspondent at the Wall Street Journal. She has reported from Latin America, Europe, Russia, and the Middle East.

Dr. Robbins is a graduate of Wellesley College and received a PhD in political science from U.C., Berkeley. She was a Nieman fellow at Harvard.

Carla Robbins argues that ignoring the Kremlin and putting current U.S.-Russia relations on pause is not an option worth pursuing. She stresses the importance of publicly warning Russia of the damage done to its global reputation through current policies, and the need to engage with Russia in areas of common interest, such as Iran.

After more than a decade of war and several years of a deep financial crisis, many Americans are asking whether the country should focus more of its attention—and more of its resources—at home. That said, the impulse to lead is still strong in both political parties and most polls show that Americans still feel both a moral and strategic imperative to remain fully engaged in the world.

Carla Anne Robbins says, "The drone war isn't going away. As the U.S. slashes budgets, the lethality and cost-effectiveness of drone strikes will likely make them an even more attractive option. But that doesn't mean the current policy is wise or even sustainable."

Town Hall Meeting: Foreign Policy and the Presidential Election

Presider:

Speakers:

Max Boot, Senior Fellow, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow and Director of Europe Studies, Council on Foreign Relations and Professor of International Affairs, School of Foreign Service and Government Department, Georgetown University, Peter Brookes, Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs and Director, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation, Robert L. Gallucci, Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Steven A. Cook, Next Generation Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Robert Lieber, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Along with Mark Dubowitz, Carla spoke about the effectiveness of sanctions as a tool of foreign, diplomatic, and national security policy. The discussion looked at recent sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Russia, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Cuba, as well as prior use of sanctions in places such as the Balkans, Iraq, South Africa, and other regions of conflict.

Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former deputy editorial page editor of The New York TimesCarla Robbins recently sat down with the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs to talk about the current North Korean crisis situation. (Source: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs)

Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, Gordon Chang, author of "Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World," and Carla Robbins, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, talk about the risk of war on the Korean peninsula. They speak with Adam Johnson and Sara Eisen on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)

Along with Mark Dubowitz, Carla spoke about the effectiveness of sanctions as a tool of foreign, diplomatic, and national security policy. The discussion looked at recent sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Russia, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Cuba, as well as prior use of sanctions in places such as the Balkans, Iraq, South Africa, and other regions of conflict.